How Volkswagen THREATENED Michelin! 🛞

[@Peter-Ja]

15 Minute restriction is Not a Problem. The Car will run Out of Gas after 9 minutes in full speed

[@unkindled6410]

15 minutes total run time or 15 minutes straight? Like, in a theoreticall track where it can reach the speed for a moment but then have to break and turn stuff. But then again, the engine and transmission probably wont last that long without breaking either.

[@IrvinHuerta-md6dp]

Meaning after u refill u only have 6 min left at top speed before swap

[@yurianbos2860]

@@IrvinHuerta-md6dp no 15 min at a time after you brake and fuel up you can go another 15

[@Tstahl962]

15 min not in total, it's meant as 15 mins straight. Putting load on tyres causes them to heat up quite quickly. A 1.9 ton car like the Veyron at 250 mph is an insane amount of load the tyred have to bear, so they can only do it for 15 minutes at a time before they get so hot that they overpressure (remember air expands when it gets warm) causing them to start breaking down and risking a blowout.

[@unkindled6410]

@@Tstahl962 isnt it because objects spinning too fast explode on themselves from centrifugal force or something?

[@Vibe_Boss]

Seems like it wasn’t impossible

[@ldnwholesale8552]

At a very high cost.

[@hyperkade1053]

Yeah but still, it can only last for 15min in high speed and cost aloooot

[@69_Enjoyer]

​@@hyperkade1053 The car will run out of fuel in that 15 minutes

[@vxti_cxn]

15 minutes, they surely meant that it was Impossible to make them durable

[@chacedelaney7282]

They never said it was impossible, it wasn't feasible. Whoever made this video is wrong.

[@garym.5931]

Michelin: “Is that even possible?” VW: “Ve vill ask ze queztions!”

[@inbredsmurt35]

LMAO

[@lancelindgren5655]

This is zee mark of zee Whore!! Lol.

[@manoloh57]

⚰️ 💀

[@mikemorsing99]

This comment should be pinned

[@FrankMonsta]

I literally heard this in my mind lmaooo

[@The_journeyy]

Volkswagen said don't make me put you out of business 💀🤣

[@emmanuelchidozie9004]

Michelin gave dem an epic result 😂😂😂

[@IbrahimAli-wi2ui]

🤯

[@bend3rbot]

And THEY DIDN'T!!! Because this story is billshut!

[@user-le5ep5sg4g]

@@bend3rbot it actually isnt...lot of people on here making false claims in the comments

[@Dujiko]

desperation breeds innovation

[@user-rc1js2od8d]

Or in this case innovation breeds desperation

[@jerryesposito]

Every world war speaks by exactly those words

[@jaydawg7]

One of the tenets of SunTzu's Art of War

[@joelgeorge9525]

Necessity is the mother of all inventions

[@TOMMY-WANT-WINGY]

If I quit my job, I'll become greater?

[@mr.sandman5311]

"Its impossible" VW: "and I took that personally"

[@Potent_Techmology]

like the Gas Wagen?

[@dads_diy]

It wasn’t impossible

[@kevelectric9184]

Haha except that’s not how it really went down but Michelin is a badass with tire design.

[@zambination11]

Lol

[@MrKitrellr1]

Best comment 😂

[@voiceofraisin241]

They should have said street legal tires. Top fuel dragsters have been using 300+ mph tires for years.

[@nathanstout7763]

Exactly.

[@lunsy9420]

For a few seconds at a time. They wouldn't last for a minute at that speed.

[@AnanusBananus]

And the technology of top fuel tires is so not streetable. And no, i am not talking about the tread.

[@Rolfan4Life]

Difference, drag tires don’t last a minute in top speed, these are made so you can drive top speed

[@martinm3422]

What is the weight of a Dragstar weight? Does it turns?

[@destruxandexploze2552]

Back in 1988 Callaway made a Corvette that could do 254.76mph (faster than a Veyron btw) on Goodyear Eagle F1 tires.

[@superiorradio4540]

its not so much the speed that was bugattis claim to fame.. but because it was a production car

[@CNinjaa]

Fact checking is an essential tool in combating the ever-present and escalating spread of malignant bullshit. 🫡

[@destruxandexploze2552]

@@CNinjaa What are you talking about? They were special construction 275/40ZR-17 Goodyear Eagles supposedly good for 300 mph

[@destruxandexploze2552]

@@superiorradio4540 Callaway held the record for fastest street driven vehicle, the Bugatti Veyron was still slower (253mph) it took the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport to beat the Callaway.

[@nickindoesstuff2671]

Baha I said that too gotta love America we held the speed record for over a decade with a 63 thousand dollar car

[@JeffWallick]

Career tire industry person here. To be clear, VW is a very, very large original equipment (OE) account for MIchelin. But it's just one of many, many, many. Losing VW would have hurt Michelin, but to say Michelin would've gone bankrupt over losing one OE account is pretty ridiculous. Otherwise, pretty cool story and the new Bugatti's are pretty sweet.

[@Ladyoftheroundtable]

Such is the quality of ai research

[@palledrengens]

Wasnt Kleeber the OE for bag group back in the days, almost all vw's came with Kleeber tires back then ..

[@megamiteexplosion]

The veyron isn’t new anymore, and tires have come a long way since its release.

[@jimnora1705]

Thank you, I was joining the comments section to call BS on this as well.

[@brooksdrier1719]

VW owns everything

[@curveball1318]

This video is the biggest croc of shit I ever saw. Michelin was never anywhere near going bankrupt as they are the most successful tire company in the world.

[@mgkachar]

Also Goodyear was developing tires that could handle much higher speeds since the 70s. And a lot of aircraft tires are rated for 220+ mph landing speeds

[@scoobsshrooms109]

@@mgkacharalso, drag cars have been gong past that number since the 80s

[@ras4782]

Thats wgat I'm thinking because we use them way too much

[@PuerRidcully]

@@mgkachar show me a landing that lasts 15 minutes 😂

[@mgkachar]

@PuerRidcully True. But they don't change the tires every single landing bro. Usually around 300 cycles. Which on the heavies comes out to about an hour. On an aircraft in the 75000 - 100000lb dry weight.

[@abstractbio]

That's a lot of lies. Michelin already made tires for f1 cars back in 2001. Bridgestone and Pirelli have developed tires that can easily withstand +320 km/h (250 mi/h if you're monolingual)

[@Audiquattro1777]

Yeah but road car is not a light f1 car and 250 miles per hour is 400 kph + not 320kph +

[@Triggerboy78]

Math is hard...

[@jshgrdnr3081]

What the fuck is a kilometer 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@177banewby]

I mean I could tell that there were bad facts and started to believe you then you said 320kmh=250mph 😅

[@audio323]

​@jshgrdnr3081 It's the distance you should keep from your cousin.

[@Militia.]

VW said: Give me sticky 250 tires Michelin said: Room temp IQ is all I got

[@tomaszgoba9076]

407km/h for normal people 250mph for cheeseburger people

[@coryrohrbaugh1208]

Gotta love those freedom burgers

[@Jaime7188]

253 mph*

[@rodgerneeb301]

🍔🇺🇸🍔🇺🇸🍔🇺🇸🍔

[@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

No, that’s actually 440,000 refrigerators per hour.

[@davidbuckler2222]

Haha I gone 275 dash going into the black land

[@SKPainify]

Engineer: "It's impossible" Translation: That's not in my contract.

[@emj1794]

...nor my current pay grade

[@spencerkleiman5035]

​@emj1794 well its not above their pay grade. That phrase is when something is above your capabilities or duties. They had no problem doing this, the reason they made excuses is because its not profitable. The R & D required divided by the # of estimated sales makes it basically a literal "money pit" project. But if they lose VW business theyre screwed, so in the end it was worth it to create them financially

[@emj1794]

@@spencerkleiman5035 Ok. That makes sense

[@latenttweet]

That’s so true because if you give a bunch of engineers fixed price contract for a trade study they will attempt to break the laws of physics, at your expense of course.

[@mitchweber7868]

​@@latenttweet😂😂 I don't get what you're saying, are you saying anything can be done for a price basically?? I find it hard to believe that this tire technology that they're talking about was all that crazy 🤣

[@solidmoon8266]

Pretty sure Michelin could sue for breach of contract if Volkwagon made those threats if the scope of what they asked for was outside the contract.

[@mattcee7113]

Some clips of Bugatti’s shown in this short are on aftermarket rims & tires 😂

[@bassg2519]

Volkswagen almost went bankrupt because of Volkswagen

[@nickm.5541]

and volkswagen is still nr 1 or nr 2, depending on the year, in the world. EVERY single year for centuries with toyota sooooo yeah they dont really care at all🤣

[@diyhard666]

Yeah and the next big car company will be from China 😅

[@cheeseburgers82]

What ??? Vw almost made Michelin go bankrupt vw owns a lot of high-end car companies Google who they own Bugatti, Lamborghini, Audi, of course Volkswagen I can't name them all without looking Volkswagen has a contract with Michelin and would put them under if they canceled their contract

[@Shawn_313]

​@@cheeseburgers82wrong

[@janmullergdr3855]

@@Shawn_313 it actually is, Volkswagen,Seat,Cupra,Skoda,Porsche,Lamborghini,Bugatti,Ducati,Man they have a healtcare company, Bank and the rent out Flats. And lets not forget they make the legendary VW Sausages. P.S. i work in "Wolfsburg" at the Headquarter of VW

[@TheShattan]

I guess airplanes and drag racers had no tires before 2000s. They must have started/landed purely thanks to pilot’s determination and strong will

[@PuerRidcully]

because the drag races and landings take 15 minutes straight, right? 🙄

[@brightonhansford3926]

Aircraft tires are not built like car tires, learn more. And drag cars' tires aren't street legal. The title of fastest *production* car requires it to be legal. There's a reason when you look up the fastest car in the world you don't get custom build results but production results

[@danielkarcis1174]

​@@brightonhansford3926 the video says fastest car in the world not fastest production car. The land speed record cars beat it going back to like the 40s. On tires.

[@brightonhansford3926]

@@danielkarcis1174 reference what I said. No one says "fastest car in the world" and means any land vehicle. It always refers to production cars, unless it is specified that you are including *all* land vehicles. And the land speed record is held by ThrustSSC since 97'.

[@TheShattan]

@@brightonhansford3926 you are really cherrypicking to defend the vid bro. Neither they would go bankrupt, nor designing such tyre was rocket science. There was no product like that in existence only cause there was no other car that went that fast with the exact measurements. Yes plane tyres are built differently, but they take higher forces as well. Sure landing/start doesn’t take 15 minutes, but they last HUNDREDS of them. Also what a stupid take with the search results. You get a result that is searched the most, not the best answer. RN the answer you get is speed for Jesko Absolut which hasn’t even been confirmed. So there you have your „fastest production car” being a car with theoretical speed.

[@raftonpounder6696]

So racing cars weren’t able to go above 250 until Michelin made a tyre for the Veyron? Wise up.

[@lutha1720]

Track tires used for racing cars and road car tires are world's apart road tires need to conform to legal standards.

[@raftonpounder6696]

As do racing tyres.

[@dirtyhands8351]

Still totally different thing.

[@richcollins513]

Michelin will never go bankrupt, they could have simply bought Volkswagen after that threat from Bugatti and fired the entire design team if they wanted to.

[@Grimreaper45705]

A German company threatening a French company this sounds familiar

[@griffins750]

Well the Veyron exists because Ferdinand Piech (CEO of VW Group at the time) wanted revenge against the French (specifically Peugeot) for taking the top speed record at Le Mans from his Porsche 917 with a purpose built race car to beat that record. Piech wanted to beat Peugeot’s race car with a road car that was wrapped in leather with a radio and AC. That’s why the top speed is what it is, rather than just being 400km/h it was 408 in order to beat the Peugeot’s 407… I recommend watching Jason Cammisa’s video on the Veyron as well as his video on Ferdinand Piech, he’s a journalist for Hagerty and all of his videos are awesome. My other favorites are on the Rover SD1, Lotus Carlton, and Mercedes 300SL Gullwing.

[@Grimreaper45705]

@@griffins750 thank you for that reply , I will check that out

[@Wizzyyyyy-tf7xi]

​@@griffins750you actually asked AI to write this for you 🤔

[@griffins750]

@@Wizzyyyyy-tf7xi Nope, copy paste :) Fuck ai.

[@kwh2sleep]

😂😂😂

[@ohHellnoyouwont]

If Volkswagen went out of business tomorrow that doesn't mean that Michelin would.

[@The_gear_review_channel]

Reported for misinformation and also emailed Michelin and VW. Best of luck with the law suits.

[@Poloword310]

As a business person, I doubt Michelin would have gone bankrupt from loosing their VW account, I’m pretty sure they have more than one big account. Yes it would have hurt their sales but not to the point of bankruptcy.

[@GT-43]

This is not what happened. Complete BS.

[@economicalrogi1311]

Can you link the real story than?

[@851995STARGATE]

​@@economicalrogi1311you're literally on a device that could Google that yourself the development process of the Veyron

[@jaybee5832]

Exactly..AI bull$hit. Besides Goodyear pioneered the first supercar tire exceeding 400 mph.

[@andsoblet]

​@jaybee5832 400mph? Or km/h?

[@solidcobalt]

​@@andsoblet I mean... Even if its kmph.. 450 kmph it's 279 mph so...

[@Matthew_Removeafterwashing]

AI voice and "that's why 🤡" ending. Typical cancerous short

[@Why_Cant_I_Use_My_ProfName]

That's to loop the video. Many people do that.

[@TurkeyOW]

@@Why_Cant_I_Use_My_ProfName no shit sherlock

[@Matthew_Removeafterwashing]

@@Why_Cant_I_Use_My_ProfName your anime profile photo explains a lot

[@Why_Cant_I_Use_My_ProfName]

@@Matthew_Removeafterwashing Explains what? Your brainrot or something? Speak like a normal human being, world doesn't revolve around you.

[@yt159-sj6hd]

​@@Matthew_Removeafterwashing why?, cuz he was right your going to judge him?

[@RougeComputer]

It was $42,000 because Michelin spent millions and millions and MILLIONS of dollars to get the R&D done to make this possible. They had to recoup the money spent. Knowing that not many tires will sell since not many bugs were needing of tires as much they jacked them up and no you can get the whole set with wheels for 30k

[@melvinthemechanic]

They dont measure miles per gallon on a bugatti veyron They measure gallons per mile 😂😂😂😂

[@BenniWitt]

Actually this is how we messure in germany. By liters/100km.

[@melvinthemechanic]

@@BenniWitt i know

[@Floydian4everr]

More like smiles per second

[@Atlan_tis]

I don’t thing they got it 😂

[@51OAKLANDER510]

​@@Atlan_tis They laugh at the joke before it's even told

[@ryelor123]

The real issue is that the tires have to be capable of running flat at full speed without causing, well, death. I'm sure plenty of tires can reach that speed but the car won't survive if they burst.

[@Faolan161]

Michelin had way too many manufacturing plants at that point in time to be threatened into bankruptcy by tiny percentage of a niche market, by a company selling a handful of cars per year that needed these tires...

[@Moritz259]

Bugatti is part of Volkswagen.

[@Faolan161]

@@Moritz259 does Volkswagen sell more than a handful of Bugattis per year? Point being that nobody was in danger of going bankrupt.

[@troygroomes104]

Unfortunately, Michelin was the 2nd tire company to make tires to handle 240+ mph

[@Cantfocvs]

We had tires that were meant for that speed well before then but they weren't meant for the road. Some racecars had tires built for that and obviously drag cars

[@TheCzechLad_]

That Polo falling apart: “Das Auto”

[@geraldthompson4633]

A true reality show…

[@julian94_67]

The Veyron wasn't only the most iconic Hypercar at that time. It will be one of the most impressive milestones in car engineering history, period.

[@robertdevito5001]

Meanwhile, 1987 the Calloway Sledgehammer was a 250+mph Corvette that used street tires made by Goodyear. Michelin didn’t think it was impossible to make such tires, they just thought it was impractical and they didn’t want to do it.

[@mrspandel5737]

This. Making tires that handle 250mph isn't difficult. Wheel driven Land speed record cars have reached far beyond 300mph with rubber tires. But those had giant circumferences which are impractical in a road car. They also don't have to deal with rain, potholes, corners and other junk usually found on public roads. In short Volkswagen demanded tires that could handle top speed while also retaining full everyday drivability like your average 195/65 R15. Which is a lot more expensive to develop. The OEM Veyron tires are also Runflats requiring special tools to actually service and replace.

[@bmw328igearhead]

@@mrspandel5737 Making tires to handle 250mph is not easy at all. Nor is it cheap. Perhaps you should educate yourself a little better before you spout off like you know some...ANYthing.

[@etiennejoguet7]

If Volkswagen went to Michelin, it was because only Michelin could do it.

[@phawxhunter]

Michelin had an exclusive deal to manufacture tires to all cars under VW umbrella, and almost ended because Michelin couldn't do it for the Veyron. VW would have gone to Pirelli or Bridgestone and Michelin would have had to close its doors.

[@Shawn_313]

​@@phawxhunterDo you have any clue how dumb of a statement that is? Have any idea how big of a company Michelin is? Maybe do some research so you dont look so ignorant commenting on stuff you obviously know nothing about.

[@tiagobelo4965]

​@@phawxhunter it's Michelin, they were nowhere near having to close down

[@d4dstt808]

Continental build Tires for the Mercedes T80 in 1940 which are tested for 700km/h or 434 mp/h 😊

[@Foiiiii1]

Almost every major tire maker could do it, it's just a matter of cost.

[@wanderingbufoon]

Michelin: "cant do it. Its impossible." VW: "but planes... nvm, we leaving"

[@Sweetskis]

The idea that a VW contract could bankrupt Michelin is a joke.

[@Blaidd7542]

In the early 2000s OEM VW Audi group were around a 1/3 of their sales, loosing that could have bankrupted Michelin, though it would be a headache for VAG to replace them with another brand in all their factories, dealerships and service centres.

[@fritztm9261]

VW owns so many car brands it would definitely hurt Michelin lol

[@Sweetskis]

@@fritztm9261 Michelin passenger tires aren’t the main source of their revenue. They sell OTR, Tractor Trailer, Agricultural, and Earthmoving tires, two wheel, aviation, etc.. The idea that one company of passenger car brands in one product segment, a segment making up only 12% of their company revenue, could bankrupt or deal even a glancing blow to the company is ludicrous.

[@fritztm9261]

@@Sweetskis 12% is pretty significant lol

[@xwarped83]

I can’t find much information on the subject, most sources just point to this video or very similar videos. I imagine that ending the contract would hurt Michelin but probably not bankrupt them, it would have also hurt VW which was already hurting because of the financial crisis at the time.

[@timgannon2993]

Don't let this distract you from the the fact that in 1966, Al Bundy scored four touchdowns in a single game while playing for the Polk High School Panthers in the 1966 city championship game versus Andrew Johnson High School, including the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds against his old nemesis, "Spare Tire" Dixon

[@torrevillaskimharold160]

Its as they say. A scientist thinks outside of the box when there is a gun pointed at him

[@WernerChristianPoly]

This works every time someone says I can't.

[@jameswillard1]

LOL This is the type of crap that proves anyone can upload a video saying anything they want whether it’s true or not doesn’t matter. I assure you Michelin isn’t going out of business over a single car or even a single brand of car, especially a car produced in such limited numbers like the Veyron 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@KKemp-bt6nl]

Zacklee! Show me the high demand for a million dollar (US not Pesos) car's tire. "It MUST be Michelin or nut skin else" is nonsense.

[@gm6892]

Or the fact vehicles reached those speeds ten years before. The McLaren f1 was pushing 240 in the 90’s.

[@nice900]

​@@gm6892 or f1 cars from the 70s and 80s, yeah the top speed wasn't as high but the load on the tyres due to the downforce and cornering speed was miles higher than the Bugatti going in a straight line, this video is just talking nonsense

[@jassom1270]

You missed the part where Volkswagen was going to pull out of all their contracts with Michelin. That would’ve absolutely crippled Michelin due to Volkswagen making up a majority of their tires sales.

[@jassom1270]

@@gm6892yes but the Mcclaren wasn’t using street legal tires for that pass. That’s the whole point. Before the veyron there was no street legal tire that could perform that well. The F1 had on race tires when setting those records.

[@user-mw1sx9ir7o]

Volkswagen is black mailing with this one 🗣 🗣 🗣 🔥 🔥 🔥 💯 💯 💯 🔥 🗣 💯

[@JustSpeakingFacts_]

people out here spending $5m for a volkswagen pretty much lmao

[@theincredible9089]

I’m still blown away Bugatti Is a Volkswagen

[@thegreenpotat]

Its not a VW its just owned by the VW Group which ownes Seat Audi Skoda Bentley Lamborghini Ducati etc

[@theincredible9089]

Sorry technical Tammy. If it’s made by them then that’s what it is. Just like a Lexus is a Toyota and Acura is a Honda etc.

[@nickm.5541]

​@@thegreenpotatand VW is owned by Porsche Holding

[@ras4782]

Lol they been making fast cars look up the vw w12

[@jumpierwolf]

The VW CEO at the time Ferdinand Piech wanted to create the fastest car in the world. Bugatti just went bankrupt at the time, so he bought it and made it into the bugatti we all know today. He was the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche btw.

[@michaelrunde4262]

Imagine blowing $42,000 tires in 15 minutes 💀

[@5thwiseman]

Imagine being able to afford the car and the running costs. Suddenly $42K is not such a big deal.

[@RonTimmonsM1]

I did on a date one time with my ex 😜

[@abraxastulammo9940]

Must have massive lungs! 😅 What? 😮 What? 🤔

[@deezupzeohdown957]

Imagine driving 250/mph for FIFTEEN minutes straight!

[@jaytee5913]

​@@abraxastulammo9940lol perfect comment

[@hypersoniclightningfast1422]

Next goal is 500Km/h. The new bugatti coming out next month apparently shows 550Km/h top speed speedometer

[@Shashuman_Viraja94]

You know what's practically my fav car, VW Polo GT...... Simple, powerful, elegant, sturdy, no bullshit features

[@maaleman88]

Drove a BV12 for 600 km between Germany to France. Pushed the 320. No tires issue.

[@ykd0011]

"Lasts only 15 minutes ", yeah so basically impossible

[@ExtraterrestrialBeing-jc7to]

What do you mean?

[@izicial7469]

@@ExtraterrestrialBeing-jc7to 42k for tires that last 15 minutes is pretty useless.

[@ExtraterrestrialBeing-jc7to]

@@izicial7469 not if the car has 1000HP and goes 250mph it would run outta gas first...

[@louismalinak5563]

​@@izicial7469They last 15 minutes at top speed. Most Bugatti owners don't drive 250 mph for 15 minutes.

[@abdomar0528]

15 min at a time at 250mph so you need breaks in between to let the air inside the tire to cool down. Not 15 min total. They'll definitely last a full track day or two.

[@kaedeschulz5422]

The problem wasn't just the speed. Also that this car is so god damn HEAVY!

[@juggernautblue6]

Makes you wonder...... how many companies make tires that land 747 and 777 jumbo jets hourly ... or the tires for the the past space shuttles we had

[@plamyct5835]

What will happen first - the tires explode - run out of gas 😂😂😂😂😂

[@bicyclist2]

Run out of gas.

[@CK-jd7wo-test]

I suddenly feel guilty for owning so many bugattis now

[@badwifisimulator9318]

🗿

[@Why_Cant_I_Use_My_ProfName]

How much is so many tho? 0.1, 10, 100?

[@kylesmith4426]

@@Why_Cant_I_Use_My_ProfName what do you mean he has all of them in the game....

[@CK-jd7wo-test]

@@Why_Cant_I_Use_My_ProfName 0.01

[@user-ip9ru1ca1t]

⁠@@Why_Cant_I_Use_My_ProfName 0.1? Bro, what? And what Kyle said, in game, probably Forza. This fuck doesn’t have any Bugattis in irl. Tryna get attention like a sad shit.

[@CooperJohnson01]

I love it when people are like Bugatti is so French engineering or Lamborghini is so Italian engineering and I’m over here, nice beetle bruh

[@SightsNjunk]

Those are the first tires to go 250 mph, how do they go 700 mph on the sand in the salt flats?

[@keving8241]

🤦‍♂️ those aren’t passenger tires. Usually they’re a special made compound if not just completely solid.

[@alexandruscoica2723]

They are the same as train wheels,solid steel. I've seen them in Coventry transport museum,west Midlands UK.🇬🇧🇬🇧 They've got the prototype that set the land record speed. Looks more like a racket than a car 😊

[@davedavis775]

Yes it was possible . Infact it had already been done by Goodyear . The Callaway Sledgehammer Corvette set a record that stood for many year . In 1989 they set a record of 254.76 . The car was driven from Connecticut to the track in Ohio a nearly 700 mile treck . They installed the Goodyear tire and wheel package rated to a top speed of 300 mph for the run . Those tires cost about 1 million dollars to produce . After the record run the tires were taken off and the regular Goodyears Eagles were installed .

[@user-le5ep5sg4g]

they werent street tires tho

[@manofbeard]

I worked for Dunlop motorsport for 12 years. They would have made those tyres no problem at all. But they no longer build tyres here in the UK anymore thanks to Goodyear.

[@user-cl4dn9bb9r]

Dunlop doesn't have recognition it should have... I got dunlop tires on heavy farming equipment - they are pretty damn tough. Solid recommendation from farmer

[@Thomas57135]

Nice Music, not too loud its PERFECT

[@rolandrigo4647]

Ezek az évek voltak az autógyártás csúcsai!!

[@bryantwilson4731]

Michelin before making tires for bugatti veyron : “ Its impossible to make it “ Volkswagen and bugatti: “ Well go bankrupt and lose money , we will not use your tires until you make the bugatti veyron tires “ Michelin after making tires for bugatti veyron: “ Oh , we can make it “

[@unkindled6410]

More like; M:"making these tires would cost a huge ammount of money and resources from our R&D sir, we cant make them" VW:"oh thats too bad, then i guess our contract is terminated, we wont be buying your tires at all anymore, im gonna find someone else to make our special tires." M:"b-b-but wr will go bankrupt! Our company is holding itself together thanks to your investments!" VW:"will you making those special tires also guarantee that you drive to bankrupcy?" M:"hum... I mean, not surely but..." VW:"then go make my tires."

[@RedHaloManiac95]

Michelin now: “300 mph? No problem, let us know when you wanna hit 400.”

[@manuelmenacho736]

Jesus Christ this comment was long winded

[@jdpurk15]

Imagine going 250mph and a tire pops 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Huntermarkners394]

I’m going so fast uhhh why am I upside down

[@christopherwalker8776]

It wasn’t as much to do with VW as it was with global financial problems. Michelin never said they wouldn’t do it.

[@ShahriarEditz01]

Team Volkswagen Dast Auto. 👇

[@jamescampbell4334]

That "High Tread, Inspected Used Tire" stickered tire image is of a Vredestein Ultrac Vorti (Netherlands production) tire. I run those on my 2003 BMW X5 V8 in the Texas summer heat.

[@Adam-wt5id]

The Germans: did I stutter? Make the tires

[@OculusNoctis]

Michelin also made tires for a car named "the slug" in the 1920's, it was the first car to hit 200 mph, on sand..

[@charlesmullenax4448]

Oh yeah, because Volkswagen is such a stand up company. They don't lie about emissions and honor all their warranties.

[@GOD7ILLA-us4di]

The jesko tires bouta be thicc

[@nobody5277]

Man, 15 minutes at top speed? That beats my personal record of 3 minutes in the bedroom by far!

[@alexs5535]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Owais-ww4st]

Lmfao 😂

[@nobody5277]

To all the ladies and gents that gave my comment a like. I wish you great success and healing in your lives!

[@aagnaymanuanimation185]

don't worry, within 15 minutes you'll either crash or run out of fuel at top speed 😂

[@blueberrychronic]

Michelin did not tell them it was impossible because they had already been making airplane tires that are good for dozens of 500MPH touchdowns. Who tf writes this shit!?! 🤣

[@hercegovac9999]

If michelin didn’t make that tire it would just lose contract not go bankrupt they don’t sell tires just for Volkswagen group…

[@VinceroAlpha]

Keep in mind that at the time Volkswagen owned several brands at the time and Michelin was losing ground to its rivals at the time.

[@hercegovac9999]

@@VinceroAlpha Michelin was the best tire at the time, now it is Continental for me

[@VinceroAlpha]

@@hercegovac9999 Yeah, that’s why I said Michelin with losing ground with competition couldn’t afford to be hemorrhaging business but obviously they didn’t think so.

[@ietekoeke]

It would have a great impact, vw is the biggest car manufacturer in the world

[@hercegovac9999]

@@ietekoeke Michelin tire is not on base model of the car so not much modela have michelin tires… it would have big impact if the contract had been cancelled but not nearly enough to cause bankruptcy…

[@redhood9000]

Volkswagen was like "Michelin you have one job, and only one job to make tires and you're telling me you can't do it? That's the wrong answer, good luck in the future✌🏾". 😂

[@Shawn_313]

Michelin is a massive global company, Take a look at their market cap and the future wirh it without VW is just fine. They make tires for everything that moves. The tractor trailer side makes a killing, Remember, That's 18 tires and more per vehicle, School bus tires, Planes, motorcycles, Military, And every type of construction vehicle up to and including those massive 10-15ft tall earth mover tires. Is Vw going to stop all their customers from putting Michelins on after the factory whatever tires wear out? Michelin also owns BF Goodrich and Uniroyal.

[@redhood9000]

@@Shawn_313 ummm, I don't care about all that, do Michelin not make tires? You should of put that time and energy writing all of that on the main post, I bet you're fun at parties 🤦🏾‍♂️.

[@redhood9000]

@@Shawn_313 guessing you didn't understand the video, so if you got something to say take it up with whoever made this content sir. You just wanna feel smart don't you have a cookie and gold ⭐👍🏾.

[@Shawn_313]

@@redhood9000 I understood the video just fine, Its just very far from the truth. Originally my reply was on the main post, Didn't mean it to be on yours, But thats where it ended up somehow. Either way... And I don't need to feel smart in some stupid comment section, Just trying to enlighten the mental midgets,.If you think that makes me smart, We know what end of the spectrum your on when it comes to intelligence. Have a good one, Pokémon is waiting in your moms basement for you 😉

[@SgfGustafsson]

Transport category aircraft have maximum tire speeds in that range, while also being rated for tens of thousands of pounds each (on the low end).

[@Tahoe_Z71]

Funny, considering the first flight of the SR-71 was in 1964 and its tires rolled down the runway on take off at 240mph at a gross weight of 170,000lbs.

[@escanor9920]

The Kawasaki H2R is also capable of reaching 250mph on two wheels only ! So creating such tires are for sure possible !

[@Wompssbu]

The bugatti is much heavier, and also need to account for the 1000 hp going straight to the wheels

[@betsyjerin]

Great editing and music👊

[@OfficialSpoilerAlert]

❤❤❤

[@Toka972]

There's so much bs in this short it feels like it was 30 minutes long. F1 cars had tires able to go 250mph for longer since the 80s - some produced by Michelin already, some by Goodyear. Nobody would have claimed it was impossible. Secondly, they didn't threaten anybody for a small serie of cars. You don't cancel tires for a million unit production just to make sure you get to equip 30 cars. It's plain stupid. It's like saying you will throw away everything you own if you don't get that one great thing. Also... A contract is a binding. You can't cancel it because you don't have your ways somewhere else, or you are subjected to fines and penalties. Lastly... Even if wolswagen did in fact cancel the contract, it would be nowhere close to threaten Michelin with bankrupcy. Wolswagen is only one client, not even the biggest one. Michelin provides tires for DOZENS other groups/brands. It would be like claiming you are going to bankrupt wolswagen by preventing them from selling in the US. It will hurt, but it won't put them in danger because they already sell to the rest of the world.

[@srdjandamjanovic4625]

Fun fact : each Veyron was somethinh like 7 mil dollars in R&D and production, but they sold them for 1mil. Volkswagen made Veyron just to prove they can.

[@victic6679]

That's the French for ya :)

[@KrisGoBrazy]

Volkswagen is german

[@_paradigm]

Michelin is French

[@IIISPQRIII.]

VW is german Michelin is french Bugatti is french

[@Makkiebobo730]

Music?

[@infinitedavid1]

Engineer vs Architect. Engineer: That's impossible Architect: That's not my problem.

[@nathanreimer1296]

Michelin has always been able to make tires do 250mph, it's creating street legal tires that's the issue. Michelin has decades of racing under its belt

[@YungSavedBoi]

DAAAAMMMMMNNNNNNNNN 🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯💯

[@OfficialSpoilerAlert]

What!

[@natashamoodaley2353]

Love ur vids❤

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

Funny to know that nowadays, it's VW who is in big financial troubles ^^

[@jveerplayz_more9000]

W video

[@dragbikeJimmy]

Idk about going out of business. Michelin sells a lot more than sports card tires. The spec on the tires is 💯 percent correct

[@galaxydrifter9799]

Correction, they didn't need to build tyres that could handle the speed, the needed tyres that could take the weight of the boat trip high speeds. Agera managed to do faster with off the shelf tyres with with tread to do the run 6 more times

[@statuspremier]

There's always this law of causation where some one else pushes you to a boundary that you thought couldn't be broken.

[@valga1200]

Michelin would definitively not go bankrupt if they loose Volkswagen. They are after all the biggest tire manufacturers in the world.

[@jasonbogdovitz7357]

It’s amazing how impossible things become possible when you threaten to end a company

[@cementedrebar]

Michelin was never gonna go bankrupt because VW would end their contract, they are too big for that and are in way to many industries to die because of one conglomerate leaving them😂

[@jasonbogdovitz7357]

@@cementedrebar thanks for the business lesson. I didn’t say they would be bankrupted

[@dr.shecklestein1009]

A tire that withstands over 250mph is NOT impossible. I’m pretty sure they were doing this in 1980 or 1990

[@ivanbravo6986]

"Reach over 250 mph" Literally shows an suv going faster om the highway 😂

[@hyatt64]

They should have called GoodYear. Their top fuel dragster tires can handle speeds excess of 300+ mph.

[@Webedunn]

Michelins are the best tires made. If they say you can’t, YOU CANT! Them super cars are a total WASTE of money. For ppl with more money than brains.

[@stooleet5369]

100% bullshit. Michelin made a tires for the Bugatti as they request. It is a very special construction with the tire glued to the rim. A Michelin innovation

[@UPFan72]

That one truck with 1500 horsepower and can carry 20 trailers like nothing: I AM MORE FASTER THAN THAT THINGY!

[@Nicholas-cn5vk]

Screw Volkswagen, then. That wasn't cool of them, no matter how you look at it.

[@91rss]

Customers demand Michelins and VW complies, when anyone wants high perf tires they go to Michelin. Deere threatened to go elsewhere if a certain plant didnt build the tires they wanted, and the company brought back retirees to make it happen though. VW tried to tell customers you have to buy the Castrol oil from us too, but a quick call from Lubri Moly lawyers halted that instantly.